Evolutionary Systems Development
Evolutionary Systems Development is a class of methodologies that attempt to formally implement Evolutionary Prototyping. One particular type, called Systemscraft is described by John Crinnion in his book: Evolutionary Systems Development.
Systemscraft was designed as a 'prototype' methodology that should be modified and adapted to fit the specific environment in which it was implemented.
- Systemscraft was not designed as a rigid 'cookbook' approach to the development process. It is now generally recognised that a good methodology should be flexible enough to be adjustable to suit all kinds of environment and situation…
The basis of Systemscraft, not unlike Evolutionary Prototyping, is to create a working system from the initial requirements and build upon it in a series of revisions. Systemscraft places heavy emphasis on traditional analysis being used throughout the development of the system.
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